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ὑπασπιστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὑπασπιστής ὑπασπιστοῦ

Structure: ὑπασπιστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Sense

  1. a shield-bearer, armour-bearer, esquire

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὑπασπιστής ὑπασπιστᾱ́ ὑπασπισταί
Genitive ὑπασπιστοῦ ὑπασπισταῖν ὑπασπιστῶν
Dative ὑπασπιστῇ ὑπασπισταῖν ὑπασπισταῖς
Accusative ὑπασπιστήν ὑπασπιστᾱ́ ὑπασπιστᾱ́ς
Vocative ὑπασπιστά ὑπασπιστᾱ́ ὑπασπισταί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὅθεν τὸν πρεσβύτατον αὐτῶν κελευθέντεσ παρήγαγον οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ καὶ διαρρήξαντεσ τὸν χιτῶνα διέδησαν τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ βραχίονασ ἱμᾶσιν ἑκατέρωθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:11)
  • καὶ ταῦτα λέγουσιν ὅτι οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ ἔφερον πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἐσ τὰσ μάχασ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 11 8:1)
  • ἐχόμενοι δὲ τούτων ἐτάχθησαν οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ τῶν ἑταίρων, ὧν ἡγεῖτο Νικάνωρ ὁ Παρμενίωνοσ· (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 14 2:1)
  • καὶ τὴν μὲν μίαν τῶν νεῶν οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ ἔλαβον, ᾗ ἐπετέτακτο Ἄδμητοσ, τὴν ἑτέραν δὲ ἡ Κοίνου τάξισ οἱ πεζέταιροι καλούμενοι, καὶ αὐτὸσ ξὺν τοῖσ ὑπασπισταῖσ ἐπιβήσεσθαι τοῦ τείχουσ ᾗ παρείκοι ἔμελλεν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 23 2:2)
  • Ὡσ δὲ αἵ τε νῆεσ αἱ σὺν Ἀλεξάνδρῳ προσέσχον τῇ πόλει καὶ αἱ γέφυραι ἐπεβλήθησαν τῷ τείχει ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν, ἐνταῦθα οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ εὐρώστωσ κατὰ ταύτασ ἀνέβαινον ἐπὶ τὸ τεῖχοσ. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 2, chapter 23 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. a shield-bearer

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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